The principle of Śiva - Verse 4
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 2 · Verse 16.4
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Sanskrit Original
क्षेत्रज्ञं पुरुषं प्राहुः प्रधानं प्रकृतिं बुधाः। विकारजातं निःशेषं प्रकृतेर्व्यक्तमित्यपि।।
kṣetrajñaṃ puruṣaṃ prāhuḥ pradhānaṃ prakṛtiṃ budhāḥ| vikārajātaṃ niḥśeṣaṃ prakṛtervyaktamityapi||
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Śailādi said: They call Puruṣa by the word Kṣetrajña and they call Pradhāna by the word Prakṛti. The evolutes of Prakṛti are called Vyakta (the manifest). Kāla[1] (time) is the sole cause of the transformation of Pradhāna into the manifest Prakṛti. This set of four constitutes the four[2] forms of Īśa.